Asterias est genus Asteroideorum familiae Asteriidarum, quod nonnullas comprehendit notissimas Asteroideorum species, inter quas Asterias rubens Oceani Atlantici et Asterias amurensis Oceani Pacifici septentrionalis.
Say, Thomas. 1825. On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias inhabiting the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5, pars 1.
Asterias est genus Asteroideorum familiae Asteriidarum, quod nonnullas comprehendit notissimas Asteroideorum species, inter quas Asterias rubens Oceani Atlantici et Asterias amurensis Oceani Pacifici septentrionalis.